
Homunculus
Taste attributes: dramathrillerpsychologicalmonster/alien/supernaturalfantasymysteryfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealcomplex relationshiprescue/escape/jeopardysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads
Boxlist takeA larger-than-life, serious thriller: original and dark. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 41 votes
Where to watch
Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Setting / scale: Balanced setting / scale, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
- Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical
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Synopsis
A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
Characteristics
Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2021
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Booster Project
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











